AMD gave details about the history of the Ryzen Threadripper

POSTER:computer news || AMD GAVE DETAILS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE RYZEN THREADRIPPER

DATE:2017-09-06

For example, in 2014-2015 goals, a group of enthusiasts from different AMD departments began in their spare time to work on the creation of some productive desktop processors that could "plug a hole" between Ryzen 7 and the server EPYC. For a while, the work was conducted on bare enthusiasm, and only in June 2016 information about this concept reached Jim Anderson , who at that time led the development of processors with Zen architecture . He liked the idea, and he began to specify what the characteristics of the processors with the symbolic Threadripper will be, and in what terms they can be brought to the market.

The development team admitted that with the resources available at that time it was possible to count only on the appearance of Threadripper not earlier than 2018, but Anderson categorically stated that processors are needed by mid-2017. To achieve this goal, additional resources were thrown, but AMD representatives admit that in this sense it was possible to save on development. First, part of the work was already done on pure enthusiasm, and did not require additional material costs. Secondly, Threadripper processors were in many ways similar to EPYC, and therefore required only a minor alteration in the specifics of the desktop segment. Finally, the multicrystal layout significantly saved the budget, which has already been mentioned more than once in similar interviews.

The company just wanted to release productive desktop processors with a lot of cores. Even the code label Threadripper has become a trademark of serial processors in violation of accepted traditions. The development of these processors was kept secret until May 2017, and in August 2017 they were already on sale. Such secrecy is also not typical for AMD.

Finally, AMD promises that new products will be released for the Socket TR4 platform.